Gao–Yang Yue

Gao–Yang, or Gao–Lei or Gao–Yu, is one of four principal Yue Chinese languages. It is spoken in around Maoming and Yangjiang in southwestern Guangdong.

Gao–Yang Yue
高陽方言/高語
Native to	Southern China
Native speakers	(5.4 million cited 1998)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Yue Gao–Yang Yue
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
ISO 639-6	goya
Glottolog	gaol1235
Linguasphere	79-AAA-mc
Gao-Yang (lower centre), among other Yue and Pinghua groups in Guangxi and Guangdong

The name derives from its two dialects, Gaozhou and Yangjiang.

References

1. Olson, James S. (1998). An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.